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29
Apr
2025
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14
Feb
By Dalton Valette To celebrate this year’s Presidents’ Day, let’s look at the long history of America’s heads of state who enjoyed the great outdoors. For us, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, one mustachioed man may come to mind, but there have been plenty of other hunters and anglers who’ve resided in the White House. George Washington (1st president, 1789-1797) Throughout his illustrious career as a surveyor, farmer, soldier, and president, Washington enjoyed a great amount of time ...
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27
Jan
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31
Oct
2024
30
Sep
This article also appears in the Fall 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal. By Bryan Jones This fall the public’s right to hunt will take center stage on the ballot in Colorado with a proposed ban on hunting mountain lions, bobcats and lynx (a federally protected, non-huntable species). Not only would this hunting ban define in Colorado state statute the legal hunting of multiple wildlife species as “trophy hunting,” it would also classify “trophy hunting” as a Class 1 misdemeanor. BHA ...
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1
Aug
May
23
Fueled by a surplus of testosterone and a deficit of logic, a situation common to young male duck hunters, we headed out. By M. Robbins Church "Oh, what now? What's next?" I asked myself as I struggled late that December afternoon to line the canoe with Pete, our shotguns, and our single bird through the ice-cold rapids. The river was nearing the top of my waders, and my next steps were uncertain. It had been an eventful, frigid canoe hunt — and it wasn't done yet. Early that ...
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16
2023